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Offline Walt Cakebread

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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #136 on: July 26, 2022, 02:00:52 AM »
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It could possibly be that a less than clean and lubricated magazine and friction held it in place. After all, if I understand it correctly, gravity is the only force that causes it to fall out of the bottom of the magazine. And the clip appears to be relatively lightweight. Therefore the force of gravity wouldn't be very powerful.

gravity is the only force that causes it to fall out of the bottom of the magazine. And the clip appears to be relatively lightweight. Therefore the force of gravity wouldn't be very powerful.


Yes, the clip does simply fall out when the last round is stripped from the clip by the forward stroke of the bolt...

The clip was made of brass and the brass clips are actually heavier than the steel clips that we've seen drop out on the you tube videos.  I'm 100% certain that if that carcano had been fired from that 6th floor window the clip would have been right there on the floor beneath that window. I believe the yokel who dropped the live round into the chamber also placed the clip in the magazine.
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« Reply #137 on: July 26, 2022, 02:09:57 AM »
For what it is worth….

From the TV show Caught on Film (COF) – “Infamous Guns” episode.
Tom Alyea was the guest for this first of three segments of the hour long show.
 
After finding the hidden rifle:

Narrator
10 minutes after finding the shells officers spot a rifle hidden beneath some shipping boxes.

Alyea
This is the first picture of the assassin’s rifle. At this time we did not know it was an assassin. (Rifle on floor with Capt. Fritz standing next to the rifle).

Narrator
Capt. Fritz decides to allow the crime scene investigation team to examine the rifle before removing it from its hiding place. While they are waiting for the crime scene team to examine the rifle the investigators inside learned that President Kennedy has in fact been killed.

Alyea
We heard for the first time that the President is dead. We were standing there looking at the weapon that killed the President of the United States and that’s all we could see of it (rifle).

Narrator
After determining there were no prints on any of the exposed surfaces Crime Scene Investigator J.C. Day moves the rifle from it’s hiding place and hands it to Capt. Fritz.


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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #138 on: July 26, 2022, 02:18:28 AM »
For what it is worth….

From the TV show Caught on Film (COF) – “Infamous Guns” episode.
Tom Alyea was the guest for this first of three segments of the hour long show.
 
After finding the hidden rifle:

Narrator
10 minutes after finding the shells officers spot a rifle hidden beneath some shipping boxes.

Alyea
This is the first picture of the assassin’s rifle. At this time we did not know it was an assassin. (Rifle on floor with Capt. Fritz standing next to the rifle).

Narrator
Capt. Fritz decides to allow the crime scene investigation team to examine the rifle before removing it from its hiding place. While they are waiting for the crime scene team to examine the rifle the investigators inside learned that President Kennedy has in fact been killed.

Alyea
We heard for the first time that the President is dead. We were standing there looking at the weapon that killed the President of the United States and that’s all we could see of it (rifle). ]

Narrator
After determining there were no prints on any of the exposed surfaces Crime Scene Investigator J.C. Day moves the rifle from it’s hiding place and hands it to Capt. Fritz.

Thanks for posting that, James....

After finding the hidden rifle:  THE KEY WORD HERE IS "HIDDEN"

Narrator
10 minutes after finding the shells officers spot a rifle hidden beneath some shipping boxes.  "HIDDEN BENEATH SOME SHIPPING BOXES"

Alyea
This is the first picture of the assassin’s rifle. At this time we did not know it was an assassin. (Rifle on floor with Capt. Fritz standing next to the rifle). " RIFLE ON FLOOR"  NOT jammed between boxes ....
Narrator
Capt. Fritz decides to allow the crime scene investigation team to examine the rifle before removing it from its hiding place. While they are waiting for the crime scene team to examine the rifle the investigators inside learned that President Kennedy has in fact been killed.

Alyea
We heard for the first time that the President is dead. We were standing there looking at the weapon that killed the President of the United States and that’s all we could see of it (rifle).   Apparently Alyea is referring to a picture on the screnne, that we can't see, when he says "that's all we could see of it"   I believe that there was only a small portion of the butt of the rifle visible beneath the pallet of books.

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After determining there were no prints on any of the exposed surfaces Crime Scene Investigator J.C. Day moves the rifle from it’s hiding place and hands it to Capt. Fritz.
   REMOVES IT FROM IT'S HIDING PLACE

Notice that the in reference to the place where the rifle was found it was said to have been hidden....In it's HIDDING PLACE.

The official DPD in situ photos do not depict the rifle as HIDDEN.....In fact the official tale says that Lee Harrrrvey OSSSSSwald Boooo hisss simply leaned over the row of box and stuffed the rifle between the row of boxes.  The DPD photo is a fake.
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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #139 on: July 26, 2022, 02:45:19 AM »
Thanks for posting that, James....

After finding the hidden rifle:  THE KEY WORD HERE IS "HIDDEN"

Narrator
10 minutes after finding the shells officers spot a rifle hidden beneath some shipping boxes.  "HIDDEN BENEATH SOME SHIPPING BOXES"

Alyea
This is the first picture of the assassin’s rifle. At this time we did not know it was an assassin. (Rifle on floor with Capt. Fritz standing next to the rifle). " RIFLE ON FLOOR"  NOT jammed between boxes ....
Narrator
Capt. Fritz decides to allow the crime scene investigation team to examine the rifle before removing it from its hiding place. While they are waiting for the crime scene team to examine the rifle the investigators inside learned that President Kennedy has in fact been killed.

Alyea
We heard for the first time that the President is dead. We were standing there looking at the weapon that killed the President of the United States and that’s all we could see of it (rifle).   Apparently Alyea is referring to a picture on the screnne, that we can't see, when he says "that's all we could see of it"   I believe that there was only a small portion of the butt of the rifle visible beneath the pallet of books.

Narrator
After determining there were no prints on any of the exposed surfaces Crime Scene Investigator J.C. Day moves the rifle from it’s hiding place and hands it to Capt. Fritz.
   REMOVES IT FROM IT'S HIDING PLACE

Notice that the in reference to the place where the rifle was found it was said to have been hidden....In it's HIDDING PLACE.

The official DPD in situ photos do not depict the rifle as HIDDEN.....In fact the official tale says that Lee Harrrrvey OSSSSSwald Boooo hisss simply leaned over the row of box and stuffed the rifle between the row of boxes.  The DPD photo is a fake.
Here is a stacked image of 59 video frames that Alyea was discussing.  The frames were part of a clip of Fritz standing near the weapon, while he, or someone else, was shining a flashlight near his feet and rifle.


 

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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #140 on: July 26, 2022, 07:34:29 AM »
gravity is the only force that causes it to fall out of the bottom of the magazine. And the clip appears to be relatively lightweight. Therefore the force of gravity wouldn't be very powerful.


Yes, the clip does simply fall out when the last round is stripped from the clip by the forward stroke of the bolt...

The clip was made of brass and the brass clips are actually heavier than the steel clips that we've seen drop out on the you tube videos.  I'm 100% certain that if that carcano had been fired from that 6th floor window the clip would have been right there on the floor beneath that window. I believe the yokel who dropped the live round into the chamber also placed the clip in the magazine.

Not necessarily. Clips can get slightly caught and stay in the rifle. Go to 3:10 here:



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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #141 on: July 26, 2022, 07:38:46 AM »


I think that the sight of JFK's head exploding could have been enough of a shock (even to LHO) to make him just freeze in the middle of loading the next round. But, of course, anything we come up with is only conjecture.

Another, totally different, possibility is that LHO actually did complete the loading process of the next round and set the rifle down between the boxes. The first photos taken by the DPD reportedly show the rifle before anyone touched it. And the rifle can be seen in that photo upright. The Alyea film appears to show Day lifting the rifle from a laying down position. So it is conceivable that before Day lifted the rifle from the floor that either he or Fritz could have lifted the bolt handle into the up position by reaching between the boxes. I am not saying that that is what happened. Only that I think it is a possibility.

...or (as I said earlier) the bolt handle was knocked up when the rifle was dropped/thrust between the heavy boxes. I'm not saying that Oswald threw it down there (he was in the Domino room at the time).

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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #142 on: July 26, 2022, 12:14:12 PM »
Here is a stacked image of 59 video frames that Alyea was discussing.  The frames were part of a clip of Fritz standing near the weapon, while he, or someone else, was shining a flashlight near his feet and rifle.




Well done! The best image yet of the way it was found!

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Re: The Position of the Bolt on the MC
« Reply #143 on: July 26, 2022, 12:36:35 PM »
Not necessarily. Clips can get slightly caught and stay in the rifle. Go to 3:10 here:



I wonder if having the rifle aimed down at a substantial angle would affect it. Since gravity is the main force involved, I think that it probably would.